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Tanvi Kulkarni @kulkarnitanvi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It was such a privilege to listen to @drrobfloyd.bsky.social, as he reflected on 30 years of the #CTBT and shared his vision for what the Treaty can achieve in the decade ahead. @apln.network @hreepsamudra.bsky.social @ctbto.bsky.social #CTBT30

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Tanvi Kulkarni @kulkarnitanvi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Highly recommend reading the recent paper by VAdm Mahindru on how N-armed states can effectively navigate the classic “Always/Never Dilemma.” Coming from a former submariner, navigation specialist, Dy C-in-C of SFC, it offers invaluable lessons for ⚛️ risk reduction. www.apln.network/analysis/pol...

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A Proposed Indian Nuclear Risk Reduction Mechanism | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 09/09/2026

We're inviting applications for the position of Policy Fellow. Join our team to make a real impact in reducing global #nuclear risks! 🕊 Check out the job description ⤵️ apln.network/news/notice/... Apply by ⏰ Sept 30 Send your CV & cover letter ➡️ hr@apln.network #hiring #JobAdvert #NukeSky

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 07/09/2026

How will #AsiaPacific security cooperation evolve toward 2035? Our new report by @kulkarnitanvi.bsky.social and @hreepsamudra.bsky.social draws on six sessions with 25 senior experts and former practitioners at the 2026 Asia Dialogue on China-US Relations. 🧵

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Tanvi Kulkarni @kulkarnitanvi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Marking the International Day against Nuclear Tests, @ctbto.bsky.social Executive Secretary @drrobfloyd.bsky.social, calls on world leaders to reaffirm their commitment to ending nuclear testing and strengthen global nuclear restraint. 🚫⚛️

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 19/08/2026

What happens after the first use of a nuclear weapon? A study of nuclear risks in Northeast Asia shows how a single use could set off consequences far beyond the region—especially when intentions are unclear and events begin moving faster than decision-makers can control. 🧵 #NuclearMemoryAndRisk

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Tanvi Kulkarni @kulkarnitanvi.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Four decades after Treaty of Rarotonga established the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, preserving its integrity remains crucial amidst today's complex geopolitical landscape. Resharing this essential paper from Professor Vijay Naidu of Fiji for @apln.network. www.apln.network/projects/voi...

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Strengthening a Nuclear-Free Pacific Region | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

81 years ago today, on August 9, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped upon the city of Nagasaki, Japan, by the United States. This was 3 days after the first atomic attack on Hiroshima.

Nagasaki, bomber's eye view: Close-up view of the head of the mushroom cloud at the Nagasaki explosion, as seen from either the bomber or the observation plane.

Nagasaki, distant ground view: Photo of the Nagasaki cloud taken ~15 minutes after the atomic bomb detonation, by Hiromichi Matsuda, stationed at Koyagi-jima Island, some 5 miles / 8 km away.

Nagasaki, before and after, aerial views.

Nagasaki, ground view, some weeks after the attack.

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 07/08/2026

Can nuclear diplomacy adapt to a rapidly changing world? In Episode 4 of #TalkingNuclear, APLN Senior Research Adviser Manpreet Sethi speaks with former Australian diplomat and APLN Senior Associate Fellow John Tilemann about a nuclear order under growing strain. youtu.be/lY3HmTXD9kA #NukeSky

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 15/07/2026

How does China see the SCO and BRICS contributing to stability in Asia, and what could prevent them from doing so? A new APLN report by Dr Jiang Tianjiao takes a closer look. 🧵

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 08/07/2026

For the first time since the 1980s, all nine nuclear-armed states are expanding their arsenals at once. Our new Quarterly Nuclear Memo by Manpreet Sethi and @hreepsamudra.bsky.social maps a quarter where worrying developments clearly outnumbered stabilising ones. a thread🧵

In alignment with APLN's 2026–2030 Research Strategy, the APLN Quarterly Nuclear Memo tracks, analyses and summarises nuclear developments shaping the Asia-Pacific security environment.
Developments are classified according to four analytical categories:

1. Disruptive (developments posing acute or immediate risks to the nuclear order and regional stability);
2. Stabilising (steps that reduce risk or build confidence);
3. Worrisome (trends that, if unchecked, could worsen the nuclear order); and
4. Dialogue-based (activities that involve two or more interlocutors).

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 08/07/2026

The traditional security architecture in the Asia-Pacific is undergoing a seismic shift. Southeast Asian nations must pull together better and burnish ASEAN’s reputation as an economic power amid China-US rivalry, Piper Campbell argues. Read the full essay here: globalasia.org/v21no2/cover...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 07/07/2026

In this Talking Nuclear episode, he sits down with Dr Manpreet Sethi on the CD deadlock, an unfulfilled Article 6, and what "might is right" costs small non-nuclear states. ▶️ Watch it here : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehe2...

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APLN Talking Nuclear Ep 03

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 07/07/2026

"Bomb your way into non-proliferation, and more countries will just decide to build the bomb." Sri Lanka's former Foreign Secretary HMGS Palihakkara on why force backfires and the NPT is fraying. A thread🧵

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 06/07/2026

South Korea is walking a complex strategic tightrope between its top security ally (🇺🇸) and its massive economic neighbour (🇨🇳). Reliant on both in different ways, South Korea needs a wise mix of approaches, says Sang Hyun Lee. Read Full Essay here: globalasia.org/v21no2/cover...

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Tanvi Kulkarni @kulkarnitanvi.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

A truly rich compendium of essays from experts across the Asia-Pacific!

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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I comment on India's interest in GCAP and FCAS sixth-generation aircraft in thorough new India Today analysis, arguing that the focus should instead be on inducting the 114 Rafales and other proven aircraft ASAP. Full magazine version here - xcancel.com/pradiprsagar... cc @apln.network

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Fighter jets | Seeking sixth-gen company

The future of aerial combat lies in sixth generation fighter aircraft acting as command nodes in an interconnected battlespace. India could get ahead of the game by partnering such an avant-garde jet ...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 30/06/2026

Can Japan successfully step up as a regional "middle power" ? Chinese pressure on leader Sanae Takaichi backfired and enabled a more assertive defence posture, but Japan’s middle-power ambitions are constrained by larger questions, says Ria Shibata. Full essay: globalasia.org/v21no2/cover...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 11/06/2026

This report is published as part of APLN’s Asia Dialogue on China-US Relations, supported by a grant from @carnegie.org, formerly known as Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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US Policy towards Southeast Asia under the Trump Administration | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 11/06/2026

𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻? As the longstanding assumptions about US power and presence in Southeast Asia come under strain, a new APLN report by former US Ambassador Piper Campbell asks what comes next for #SoutheastAsia. Read: www.apln.network/projects/asi...

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US Policy towards Southeast Asia under the Trump Administration | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 08/06/2026

The global nuclear landscape is shifting fast. The 11th NPT Review Conference has concluded without a consensus, just as the Trump-Xi summit brings a high-stakes return to leader-level diplomacy. Read @apln.network's latest analysis on these critical security trends: www.apln.network

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 29/05/2026

Why did the 11th NPT Review Conference collapse without consensus? In our new APLN commentary, Manpreet Sethi and @hreepsamudra.bsky.social argue that misses what actually happened. The Iran fight just made the deeper rot visible. 🧵

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 05/06/2026

In this APLN The Korea Times column, Marianne Hanson argues that the 2026 #NPT Review Conference's failure to reach consensus is symptomatic of a deep malaise in the non-proliferation regime. Read here ⤵️ www.apln.network/analysis/the...

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More coordinated efforts needed to reduce nuclear weapons | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 01/06/2026

In this policy brief, Dr. Jingdong Yuan provides an assessment of China’s strategic pivot toward military intelligentisation, exploring how Beijing is integrating #AI into the #PLA to gain a decisive edge in its rivalry with the US. www.apln.network/analysis/pol...

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Tanvi Kulkarni @kulkarnitanvi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The NPT review Conference concluded without a consensus-based outcomes document - for the third time in a row. The structural faultlines of the NPT are now starkly visible. At @apln.network we are capturing insights on the 11th RevCon and the future of the NPT. See: www.apln.network/analysis/res...

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11th NPT Review Conference | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 25/05/2026

New from APLN: Dr. Jingdong Yuan provides a timely assessment of Chinese perspectives on artificial intelligence and its military applications, with particular attention to the AI-nuclear nexus. Read the full paper here: www.apln.network/analysis/pol...

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China and AI-Military Integration: Perspectives, Opportunities, and Challenges | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 26/05/2026

Asian minilaterals grown in number across the Indo-Pacific, drawing DC’s attention. @kellygrieco.bsky.social at @stimsoncenter.bsky.social notes that US expectations for Asian minilaterals are increasingly disconnected from regional realities. Read the full report: www.apln.network/projects/asi...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 19/05/2026

As 🇺🇸-🇨🇳 competition intensifies, Malaysia finds itself at a critical geostrategic crossroads. How does 🇲🇾 safeguard its strategic autonomy? Chiew-Ping Hoo & Chow-Bing Ngeow evaluate key security risks & threats likely to shape 🇲🇾’s strategic environment in the future. www.apln.network/projects/asi...

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Situating Malaysia’s Defence Partnerships: Prospects for the Next Decade | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 14/05/2026

🆕🚨Why the 2026 NPT RevCon may face its most difficult environment in decades. Dr. Marianne Hanson warns that w/o genuine reforms and restored reciprocity the 2026 NPT RevCon risks deepening global divisions and collapsing the nonproliferation regime. Read full report: apln.network/analysis/spe...

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The 2026 Review Conference on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Faces More Challenges Than Ever Before | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 12/05/2026

NEW APLN policy report authored by our Senior Research Adviser @frank11285.bsky.social on breaking the nuclear stalemate on the Korean Peninsula. www.apln.network/projects/nuc... #NukeSky

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Breaking the Korean Peninsula Nuclear Stalemate: Recommendations for the United States, South Korea, and China | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Our @apln.network report and joint statement leads today's @carnegieendowment.org @carnegienpp.bsky.social Proliferation News - carnegieendowment.org/programs/nuc...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 13/05/2026

Beyond tariffs and geopolitics, another issue hangs over the #Trump–#Xi summit this week: the growing risks posed by AI, cyber capabilities, and space competition. In a new report, Tianjiao Jiang examines how 🇨🇳 views these threats as increasingly interconnected. 🧵 www.apln.network/analysis/pol...

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Chinese Perspectives on Arms Control and Strategic Stability in Emerging Technologies | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 12/05/2026

New joint statement from leading US and Korean security experts, published by APLN ahead of the Trump-Xi summit: www.apln.network/analysis/sta... #NukeSky

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Breaking the Korean Peninsula Nuclear Stalemate | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 11/05/2026

New joint statement out today from US-ROK experts ahead of the Trump-Xi summit: time to put Korean Peninsula security back on the table. Key shift is calling for "stable co-existence" framework instead of denuclearisation as precondition for talks. More here: www.apln.network/analysis/sta...

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Breaking the Korean Peninsula Nuclear Stalemate | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

New @apln.network publication: Kelly Grieco @stimsoncenter.bsky.social develops the first dataset and typology of Asian minilaterals with neither the US or China as members, with policy advice for the US on how to respond to this structural landscape. www.apln.network/projects/asi...

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Beyond Collective Balancing: A Typology of Asian Minilaterals and US Strategic Expectations | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 08/05/2026

🆕 📑 from APLN Former Indian naval officer Rear Adm (Dr) Sudarshan Y. Shrikhande (Retd) examines how naval competition in South Asia is reshaping nuclear deterrence and crisis stability in the region. ➡️ apln.network/analysis/pol...

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Naval Competition in South Asia and the Limits of Confidence Building Measures | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Hree P. Samudra @hreepsamudra.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Hi Bluesky! Very excited because @joelivre.bsky.social and I just published APLN’s first Membership Survey on nuclear and geopolitical risks in the Asia-Pacific (basically what keeps regional experts up at night). Reposting the launch post here while I figure out how this app works lol. More soon!

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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Productive @apln.network meeting today with Malaysian MOFA to discuss Asian security issues.

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 04/05/2026

On 28-29 April, APLN hosted a conference in Kuala Lumpur as part of its project on Asia Dialogue on China-US Relations and its implications for regional stability.

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European Parliamentary Research Service @ep-eprs.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

⏰ The 2026 Normandy World Forum for Peace starts tomorrow! Our #NormandyIndex maps threats to peace & democracy worldwide 📊 Infographic: link.europa.eu/HvkVvh 📖 Study: link.europa.eu/cnNffm #NormandiePourLaPaix @regionnormandie.bsky.social @globalpeaceindex.bsky.social

EPRS infographic map showing the level of threat to peace across countries worldwide. The visuals reads 'Normandy Index 2025: Mapping threats to peace and democracy worldwide'. Source: Normandy Index, EPRS (2025)

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 27/03/2026

In the second episode of our new Talking Nuclear interview series, APLN Senior Research Adviser Manpreet Sethi is joined by Amb. Carlos Sorreta to discuss the deteriorating state of global nuclear diplomacy and the challenges facing international legal frameworks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-F7...

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 02/04/2026

We invited experts to respond to ROK FM Cho's argument that non-proliferation is "a strategic imperative." They agreed on the goal but challenged Seoul to do more to back it up. Jun Bonggeun, Maria Rost Rublee, and Toby Dalton respond: www.apln.network/analysis/the...

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Non-Proliferation as a Strategic Imperative: Experts respond to ROK Foreign Minister | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 01/04/2026

NEW: ROK Foreign Minister CHO Hyun writes for @apln.network: South Korea's pursuit of enrichment, reprocessing, and nuclear subs does not signal nuclear weapons ambitions. Non-proliferation is "a logical strategic imperative." www.apln.network/analysis/com... #NukeSky #NPT

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Non-Proliferation as a Strategic Imperative | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Sahar Khan @khansahar1.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I write about how 🇮🇳 & 🇵🇰 are incorporating AI into their militaries, increasing the need for credible "guardrails" to reduce escalation risks and recognize mutual vulnerabilities despite the politics of the region: www.apln.network/analysis/com... Thanks @kulkarnitanvi.bsky.social & @apln.network!

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AI is Quietly Reshaping Nuclear Risk in South Asia | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 17/03/2026

What can past nuclear diplomacy teach us about today’s risks? In our new Talking Nuclear series, Dr Manpreet Sethi speaks with Amb. Sujata Mehta, former Indian Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, on how nuclear risks have evolved👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK9t...

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APLN_Talking Nuclear_Ep1 with Sujata Mehta

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Asia-Pacific Leadership Network @apln.network · 04/03/2026

NEW POLICY BRIEF 🚨 Tariq Rauf examines the "safeguards loophole" concerning naval nuclear propulsion programs & its implications for global non-proliferation. He proposes a revamped framework to reduce nuclear proliferation risks & strengthen oversight mechanisms. www.apln.network/analysis/pol...

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Addressing the Challenges of Nuclear Submarine Proliferation to the IAEA’s Comprehensive Safeguards System | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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Tanvi Kulkarni @kulkarnitanvi.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The Iris Dena which "was torpedoed by a US submarine on ... March 4, in Sri Lanka's Exclusive Economic Zone 40" (had) "left Visakhapatnam on Feb 26" ... "It was most likely being surveilled by the US military right through its journey to and from Indian shores" www.newslaundry.com/2026/03/05/a...

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A US torpedo punches holes in India’s net security provider claim and maritime ambitions

India has shrugged off the US-Israeli killing of the Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but it can ignore the arrival of the West Asia war so close to its shores only at its own peril.

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 01/03/2026

"It is hard to think of a case in which a foreign air attack on a country led to a change to a more democratic and peaceful government." @matthew-bunn.bsky.social 's new piece for the Bulletin looks at some of the potential outcomes of the conflict.

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Trump’s war on Iran: grave dangers and, at best, limited benefits

As with the 2003 Iraq war, the path to conflict with Iran has been paved with false statements. Pandora’s box is now open: The consequences of the US and Israeli attack on Iran will be lasting but…

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